THE USE OF

ADJECTIVES IN
ENGLISH AND
BAHASA MELAYU
NUR SUFIELEENNA SARI
GS 39295
NATASHA AHAD
GS 39292

ENGLISH AND BAHASA

MELAYU

Malaysia has stated English as a second

language in Article 152 and Bahasa Melayu
as its mother tongue

Both languages have been implemented

through social setting and education setting.

Malaysians are exposed to English and

Bahasa Melayu through different media
outlets available: newspaper, magazines,
film, television, music and etc.

ADJECTIVE
An

adjective describes how

something 'is'.

Adjectives

are used to describe

nouns.
It

describes the quality, state or

action that a noun refers to.

Example:

He is a good doctor.
We have two small cars.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Bahasa Melayu acts as the mother

tongue and English is recognized as
the second language in Malaysia.

Both languages have its own use of

adjectives

Therefore, this research tends to

investigate the differences and
similarities between these two
languages on their use of adjectives

 This

research will narrow

down into three main
focuses of the adjectives:
1. Position of adjectives
2. The types of adjectives
3. Comparative and
superlative adjectives

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
This

research will have the following

objectives:

1)

Compare and contrast the position of the

adjectives in English and Bahasa Melayu

2)

Compare and contrast the types of

adjectives in English and Bahasa Melayu

3)

Compare and contrast the comparative

and superlative adjectives in English and
Bahasa Melayu

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

The research questions are formulated as

follows:

1)

What are the similarities or differences in

the position of adjectives between English
and Bahasa Melayu?

2)

What are the similarities or differences in

the types of adjectives between English
and Bahasa Melayu?

3)

How does the use of comparative and

superlative adjectives are similar or
different between English and Bahasa
Melayu?

METHODOLOGIES
LIBRARY RESEARCH
I.

The data will be collected from the following

books, related with the topic

II.

The data will be presented in the form of

description

OXFORD GUIDE TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR, JOHN EASTWOOD

NAHU MELAYU MODEN, LIAW YOCK FANG & ABDULLAH

HASSAN

NAHU MELAYU MUTAKHIR, ASMAH HAJI OMAR

TATABAHASA PERBANDINGAN BAHASA-BAHASA

MALAYSIA,CINA, TAMIL DAN INGGERIS, LUTFI ABAS

ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR MALAYSIANS, BAHIYAH

HAMID & BASIL S. WIJASURIYA

ABDUL